BlockMarywood, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Aurora Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60505. The Survey maps it on the Aurora North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1932 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Aurora quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Aurora North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Marywood in 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 20-0000121 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Marywood: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Valley Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Aurora Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hendrickson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Riverbank Stone and Lime Quarry No2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marywood in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | $10,000 | A utility shed and a farmhouse were damaged at Farnsworth and Indian Trail roads. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | - | Weather station KILAUROR58 measured a 67 mph gust near North Aurora. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | - | A tree was blown down onto a house on Gerten Avenue. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | - | A personal weather station measured a wind gust to 67 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | - | A wind gust to 64 mph was measured. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Marywood | - | Ping pong ball size hail was reported approximately one mile southwest of Interstate 88 and Farnsworth Avenue. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | - | Two large trees were blown down in the Marywood area of unincorporated Aurora. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Marywood | - | A ramp from Farnsworth Avenue to Interstate 88 flooded with six inches of standing water. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Marywood | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Aurora | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Aurora | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Exposition View | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mooseheart | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Randall Hills | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Scraper-Moecherville | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Heritage West | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Woodland Hills | 3.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413092. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.